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Sporting vs Galatasaray: match report

Sporting CP hosted Galatasaray at Estádio José Alvalade on Wednesday 9 September 2026, in the Champions League (round 1). Espen Eskas is the referee, averaging 2.8 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.3.

Result and scorers

Sporting 3-1 Galatasaray. Goals: Gonçalo Inácio 5' (own goal) for Galatasaray; Geny Catamo 27' for Sporting; Luis Suárez 57' (pen) for Sporting; Rodrigo Zalazar 63' for Sporting. Attendance: 44,054.

Key moments (contains the result)
  • 5' Own goal: Gonçalo Inácio (Galatasaray) 0-1
  • 22' Yellow card: Sergi Altimira (Sporting)
  • 27' Goal: Geny Catamo (Sporting) 1-1
  • 44' Yellow card: Luis Suárez (Sporting)
  • 52' Yellow card: Eren Elmali (Galatasaray)
  • 57' Penalty: Luis Suárez (Sporting) 2-1
  • 63' Goal: Rodrigo Zalazar (Sporting) 3-1
  • 80' Yellow card: Deniz Gül (Galatasaray)
  • 90'+5' Yellow card: Ismail Jakobs (Galatasaray)
Match stats (contains the result)
38.3%Possession61.7%
8Shots10
5Shots on target3
1Corners4
13Fouls11
3Offsides0
3Saves2
2Yellow cards3
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Sporting 4-2-3-1

Coach: Rui Borges

  1. 1 Rui Silva GK
  2. 13 Georgios Vagiannidis DEF
  3. 72 Eduardo Quaresma DEF
  4. 25 Gonçalo Inácio DEF
  5. 20 Maxi Araújo DEF
  6. 5 Sergi Altimira MID
  7. 77 Issa Doumbia MID
  8. 10 Geny Catamo FWD
  9. 17 Rodrigo Zalazar FWD
  10. 31 Luís Guilherme FWD
  11. 97 Luis Suárez FWD

Bench

  • 58 Flávio Gonçalves FWD
  • 4 Silas Andersen MID
  • 7 Fotis Ioannidis FWD
  • 22 Iván Fresneda DEF
  • 6 Zeno Debast DEF
  • 30 Kaique Pereira GK
  • 50 Rodrigo Dias DEF
  • 73 Eduardo Felicíssimo MID
  • 19 Nestory Irankunda MID
  • 21 Pedro Lima MID
  • 28 Jesse Derry FWD
  • 9 Rafael Nel FWD

Galatasaray 4-2-3-1

Coach: Okan Buruk

  1. 1 Uğurcan Çakir GK
  2. 7 Roland Sallai DEF
  3. 6 Davinson Sánchez DEF
  4. 4 Ismail Jakobs DEF
  5. 17 Eren Elmalı DEF
  6. 34 Lucas Torreira MID
  7. 8 Gabriel Sara MID
  8. 10 Leroy Sané FWD
  9. 83 Aleksey Batrakov MID
  10. 11 Yunus Akgün MID
  11. 53 Barış Alper Yılmaz FWD

Bench

  • 27 Rafael Leão FWD
  • 21 Deniz Gül FWD
  • 20 Ilkay Gündogan MID
  • 18 Lesley Ugochukwu MID
  • 74 Renato Nhaga MID
  • 70 Enes Büyük GK
  • 24 Jankat Yılmaz GK
  • 42 Abdülkerim Bardakci DEF
  • 3 El Chadaille Bitshiabu DEF
  • 73 Berat Luş FWD